In the morning rode to Ashcombe to consult Mr Boys in Mrs Browne’s affairs. Came home about 7:50… In the forenoon rode down to Mrs Browne’s to let her know the purport of journey… Dame Couzens of Laughton, buying some things in the shop, drank tea with me.
Thomas Davy lodged at my house. Oh, how melancholy my situation: quite worn with grief and never did I know so dull a time for trade in my life.